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Regulated Professions (Freedom of Speech) Bill [HL]
Regulated Professions (Freedom of Speech) Bill [HL] has completed 1st reading on 11 Jun 2026 in the House of Lords. Parliament currently lists 2nd reading as its current stage.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading11 Jun 2026
- Current stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Lords
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Starting in the House of Lords)
- Last updated
- 9 Sep 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Lord Moynihan of Chelsea Proposer / sponsor · Conservative · House of Lords
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The Regulated Professions (Freedom of Speech) Bill [HL] would seek to protect the freedom of expression of people who are subject to professional regulation. It would also seek to require professional regulatory bodies to be neutral, and to limit those bodies from making professionals carry out mandatory training or education that has political, ideological, or social content.
What it would do
- Protect the freedom of expression of professionally regulated individuals.
- Impose duties of neutrality on professional regulatory bodies.
- Restrict regulatory bodies from requiring mandatory political, ideological or social training or education.
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1st reading 11 Jun 2026 · House of Lords
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